All, I told the Aurora Linux Distribution that I would post this to the Yum distribution and let them know if I got any response. I would be very grateful to receive any pointers on getting yum to work through my "normal" authenticated proxy server. Thanks in advance, Richard Wilson EDS > -----Original Message----- > From: Wilson, Richard E > Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2005 2:15 PM > To: 'aurora-sparc-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx' > Subject: Yum Problems > > All, > > I have recently reinstalled Aurora 1.0 on an E450 after a bad experience > trying to upgrade to 1.92 and I am having problems with yum. > > My "normal" path to the Internet requires me to go through a proxy > firewall that requires a userid and password for outbound access. > Supplying the following: > > export http_proxy="http://userid:password@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:80/"; > export ftp_proxy="ftp://userid:password@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:81/"; > > results in yum (version 1.0.3-1_73) complaining about an invalid port > number (it's apparently only looking at whatever follows the first colon). > > I was able to get plugged into another limited use firewall that doesn't > require this authentication, but it ONLY supports HTTP, not FTP. > > The only yummified http mirror I've been able to find of the 1.0 updates > is > http://yum-aurora.anthonymendoza.com/updates/1.0/ > <http://yum-aurora.anthonymendoza.com/updates/1.0/> which isn't working: > > Error getting file > http://yum-aurora.anthonymendoza.com/updates/1.0/headers/header.info > <http://yum-aurora.anthonymendoza.com/updates/1.0/headers/header.info> > [Errno 6] ERROR: Url return no Content-Length - something is wrong > > In the past I had successfully used the up2date repository that Anthony > Mendoza had set up (up2date DOES support outbound proxy authentication) > Thanks Anthony! Is that repository still working and is it (no pun > intended) up to date? > > First, can anyone tell me if there's some obscure, undocumented syntax to > provide an ID and password to a proxy that yum will like? (I've searched > and not found anything.) > > Second, where are some HTTP (not FTP) mirrors of the 1.0 updates? (And is > there an http 1.0 Base anywhere?) > > Thanks in advance, > > Richard Wilson > EDS
